grato

See also: gräto

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [ˈɡɾa.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈɡɾa.to]

Verb

grato

1. first-person singular present indicative of gratar

Italian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥Htós

Proto-Italic *gʷrātos

Latin grātus

Italian grato

Borrowed from Latin grātus (whence also grado, an inherited doublet), from Proto-Italic *gʷrātos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥Htós, derived from the root *gʷerH- (“to praise; to elevate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡra.to/
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: grà‧to

Adjective

grato (feminine grata, masculine plural grati, feminine plural grate, superlative gratissimo)

1. appreciated, welcome

   Synonyms: apprezzato, benaccetto, gradito

   Antonym: sgradito

2. (rare) pleasant

   Synonyms: gradito, piacevole

   Antonyms: sgradito, spiacevole

3. grateful

   Synonym: riconoscente

   Antonyms: ingrato, irriconoscente

Related terms

• gratitudine
• grazia

Further reading

• “grato”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• targo, targò

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡraː.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɡraː.to]

Adjective

grātō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of grātus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin grātus, whence also grado (an inherited doublet).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾa.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾa.tu/

• Rhymes: -atu
• Hyphenation: gra‧to

Adjective

grato (feminine grata, masculine plural gratos, feminine plural gratas)

1. thankful (showing thanks)

   Synonym: agradecido

2. grateful

   Antonym: ingrato

Related terms

• ingratidão

Further reading

• “grato”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “grato”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin grātus, whence also grado (an inherited doublet).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾato/ [ˈɡɾa.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: gra‧to

Adjective

grato (feminine grata, masculine plural gratos, feminine plural gratas)

1. grateful

   Antonym: ingrato

2. pleasing, pleasant, agreeable

   Synonyms: agradable, (archaic) aplacible

Related terms

• gratitud
• persona no grata

Verb

grato

1. first-person singular present indicative of gratar

Further reading

• “grato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025